Centrum is delighted to welcome Jerron Paxton as its new Artistic Director of the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival & Workshop. Now in its 23rd year, the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival takes place July 26-August 2, 2015 at Fort Worden State Park. Paxton succeeds Artistic Director Daryl Davis who, since 2012, has served to…

Spend the week of June 28-July 5, 2015 living, learning, and playing music with masters of a wide variety of fiddling styles. The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes provides an opportunity to be in community with the bearers of fiddle traditions. We have just opened registration for the 2015 gathering. Folks who register early get first…

Centrum is honored to welcome vocalist, teacher, lyricist, Grammy-nominated arranger, and Grammy award-winning ensemble singer, Kim Nazarian to our 2015 Jazz Port Townsend festival and workshop! Just try and fit a ball of positive energy like Kim into a category and you will break the box! Kim Nazarian is the soprano and one of the founding…

Erin Belieu, Centrum’s Artistic Director for the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, was recently featured in the New York Times for her new poetry collection Slant Six. Erin’s fourth collection, Slant Six, is an inundation of the humor and horror in contemporary American life—from the last saltine cracked in the sleeve, to the kitty-cat calendar in an office cubicle. With its…

The 2014 Voice Works gathering was simply inspiring. We were deeply impressed by the level of fearlessness and artistry that the participants and faculty brought to Fort Worden. We can’t wait to do it again next year! Roz Powell took some terrific photos of all of you during the week, so grab a cup of coffee, and take…

Registration is now open for Explorations – Centrum’s total immersion arts experience for Washington state students in grades 7-9. Join us March 1-6, 2015, and spend a week working closely with our exciting faculty of gifted artists to challenge and encourage you in visual art theater, music, dance and creative writing. Register now for Explorations, 2015…